With Election Day right around the corner, Channel 11 is working to learn more about the names on your ballot.

Channel 11’s Andrew Havranek covers Beaver and Butler counties. He spoke with several different candidates as he prepared to cover some of Pennsylvania’s biggest races.

Those interviews are attached below so you can learn more about each candidate’s beliefs and policies before casting your vote.

Pennsylvania 12th House District Candidates (Butler County)

Incumbent Brandon Dukes

Challenger Scott Timko

Pennsylvania 16th House District Candidates (Beaver County)

Incumbent Robert Matzie

Challenger John Costanza

These elections will play a heavy role in shaping the power in Harrisburg and will garner national attention.

Election 2026: State House race rematch in Butler County expected to draw national attention

Democratic State Rep. Brandon Dukes and Republican candidate Scott Timko are competing for Pennsylvania’s 12th House District seat in Butler County. Dukes previously won the seat in an August special election by 88 votes.

Dukes said it was thanks to voters’ desire for change.

“I think it’s been 30 years since the last Democrat who held this seat here in the district. And I think our win showed that people were just tired of the chaos coming from the top. They wanted something different,” Dukes told Channel 11’s Andrew Havranek.

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Election 2026: State House race rematch in Butler County expected to draw national attention Democratic State Rep. Brandon Dukes and Republican candidate Scott Timko are competing for Pennsylvania’s 12th House District seat in Butler County.

Election 2026: Key Western Pennsylvania races could help determine power in Harrisburg

A pair of state House races in Western Pennsylvania could help determine the balance of power in Harrisburg, where Democrats currently hold a narrow three-seat majority. Candidates in Butler and Beaver counties are competing in key districts that could decide control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

In PA-12, centered in Cranberry, Democratic State Rep. Brandon Dukes faces Republican challenger Scott Timko. Dukes previously defeated Timko by 88 votes in an August special election in a district where Donald Trump won by 18 points in 2024 and Republicans held the seat since the 1990s.

State Rep. Dukes, a Democrat representing PA-12, has served in Harrisburg for 49 days following his special election victory.

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Election 2026: Key Western Pennsylvania races could help determine power in Harrisburg A pair of state House races in Western Pennsylvania could help determine the balance of power in Harrisburg.

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